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R. 0. BRlEN.

Car Heater.

No. 78,475. t atented June 2, 1868.

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RICHARD e. BRIEN, or, DALTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent-1V0. 78,475, dated June 2, 1 868.

RAILROAD-GAR STOVES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it lcnown that I, RICHARD O. BRIEN, of Daltoiuin the county of Wayne, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Car Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referonce being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which I T Figure 1 is a side view of my improved stove. I

Figure 2 is a side view of the same, partly in section, through the line of fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the same. 1

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved railroad-car stove, which shall he so eonstructedand arranged that the stove will be always kept in a vertical position, even should the canbe overturned, so that there may be no danger of fire from the stovcs being overturned.

It consists in tiieconstruetion and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the body of the stove, which is made cylindrical in its general form, and is provided with an ash- Upon the opposite sides of the upper end of the stove Aare formed two arms B, which pass through vertical slots in the upper ends of the uprights of the frame C, so as to pivot the said stove A to the said uprights the pivoting-arms 13 having knobs or caps formed upon their outer ends to keep them in place in the said slotted uprights.

To the bottom cross-bar of the frame O is attached a spindle, D, which passes down through a hole in theframe E, and its lower end enters and works in a socket, F, securely attached to the door G of the car.

I To one side'of the spindle D is rigidly'attached an arm, H, having a heavy weight, I, attached to its outer end, so that however the frame G and stove-A may revolve upon the spindle D, should the car incline in any direction, the weight I may always be toward the depressed side of the car, holding the frame C in such a position that the stove A may swing freely upon its pivoting-arms B, and always retain a vertical position, thus rendering it impossible for the fire to he spilled out of the stove A, even should the car be overturned.

The frame E, that supports the upper part of the spindle D, and holds said spindle in a position-at right angles to the floor G of the car, is made convex or cone-shaped, is securely fastened to the floor G, and is provided with a fender, J, to protect the weighted arm H I, and prevent its free movement from being obstructed.

The smoke-flue a passes out at the centre of the top of the stove A, and the smoke-pipe, with which it is connected, should be made larger than the projecting end of said flue, so that i't'may not interfere with the free revolution of the stove A.

i The door K, through which the fuel is introduced into the stove, is formed in the top of the stove A, and is secured in such a way that it cannot open accidentally.

The smoke-flue a is protected with a fine grating, 1., so that, should the fire be projected from any cause into the upper part of the stove A, it may be unable to escape through said flue.

M is a bed-plate, having a shallow concavity formed in the centre of its upper side to receive the lower end of the stove A, and which said bed-plate is fitted loosely upon the cross-bar of the frame 0.

The plate M steadics the stove A, and prevents it from swinging about with slight inclinations of the car, while, at the same time, should the car be overturned, or very much inclined, the bottom of the stove A may escape from the said plate M, or the said plate may drop from the frame 0, allowing the said stove A to swing freely. I

Theframes that support and pivot the stove A should all be made of wrought iron, so that they may not be broken by any jar, or should the car be overturned, as they would be liable to be broken should they he made of cast iron.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentwas 2 v 1. The combination of the arm H and weight I with the spindle D oi'the pivoted frame 0, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set: forth. 7 I I 2. The'detachable bed-plate M, in combination with the pivoted frame and swinging stove A, substantial iy as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

, 3. An improved railroad-car stove, formed by the combination of the swinging stove A, pivoted frame C, supporting-frame E, weighted arm H Lend detachable bed-pinto M with each other, said parts being constructed and arranged substantially asherein shown' and described, and for the purpose set forth.

i i RICHARD O. BRIEN.

Witnesses ESAIAS SWEIGERT, J. W. Bwonmm 

